Minsk. Government House.

Since the Belarusian Soviet government was located in various pre-revolutionary buildings, the need arose to build a new modern administrative institution. In 1929, an all-Union architectural competition was held for the construction of the Government House in Minsk. Many famous Soviet architects took part in the competition. The version of the Belarusian architect Iosif Langbard won. This is not just a building - but one of the symbols of the Soviet era of Soviet Belarus. The composition of the building is based on a symmetrical increase in volume and height from the periphery to the main facade in the center. I. Lagbard together with the Leningrad sculptor Matsvei Manizer developed a monument to Vladimir Lenin, which was installed in front of the main facade. The monument to Lenin was destroyed by the Nazis during the Nazi occupation and restored after the war. The building can be visited with a guided tour by prior arrangement. And if you will inspect the monument to Lenin, then come closer and look closely at the bas-reliefs on the pedestal - there, in addition to the historical bas-reliefs, you will see inscriptions in the pre-reform Belarusian language.